claiming territory

I know that it is against our license agreement to have video of us teaching. A parent asked me yesterday to take a photo of my hand on the D minor chord in Honey Dew, and I told her it’s against my license agreement. I…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• arrangements, claiming territory, F1, foundation 1, Honey Dew, Laurie Richards, learning a way of learning, level 1, license agreement, licensing, playing-based strategies

How do I deal with this? I have a group of two boys in Foundation 2. I’ve asked the life coaches to purchase Accompaniment 1, several weeks in a row. Each week they come back and haven’t gotten it yet. Now they’ll soon be purchasing…

• Last updated 1 year ago
• accompaniment 1, claiming territory, Laurie Richards, purchasing SHMs, Robin Keehn, SHMs, Student Home Materials

“I’m a free-thinking parent, I’m not going to force them to do anything they don’t want to do.” When someone says this, do you even attempt to take the student, or do you pass altogether? I have had some wonderful families with this mentality honestly.…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• claiming territory, homeschooling, parental involvement, practicing, responsibility, unschooling

What would you do if a parent doesn’t want you to teach new assignments to the group because her child doesn’t really practice, but the other student is very ready to move on and does practice? They prefer a group lesson. I feel that I…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• claiming territory, coaching parents, lesson pacing, mismatched students, not practicing, Robin Keehn

I have a situation I’m not sure what to do with. Maybe some more experienced teachers have some advice? Two little girls recently started lessons with me in a group, each with the grandmother as the life coach. Neither lives with grandmother. One student’s mom…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• being bold, claiming territory, coaches, communication, Laurie Richards, shared lessons, time management

I’m having trouble with a boy aged 7 years who hasn’t been following the rules (mum isn’t helping as she always asks his permission for everything!). Today I told him I wanted to help him but I couldn’t if he wouldn’t listen to me and…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• claiming territory, coach not coaching, commitment, defiant student, difficult conversations, Laurie Richards, requirement based studio

Any advice for an adult student who is extremely resistant to comp and improv? She hates improv every time I bring it up and stomps her feet. She does it reluctantly, though. She is also showing resistance to arrangements and is practically hitting a wall…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• #ttci, arrangements, claiming territory, comp & improv, comp/improv, resistance to c&i, Tune Toolkit, variations

I’m teaching Fur Elise to a group of boys in Foundation 1. One came in today talking about his keyboard: “It has all of Fur Elise. It’s a really long song! We’re only learning a little bit of it”. Apparently it has lights or sounds…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• claiming territory, fingering, learning songs from keyboard, playing-based

I have a student in her 50s who has rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. She had to miss her last lesson as she had a sore wrist. She told me today at her lesson that her physiotherapist told her to give up piano. She doesn’t want…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• adult students, adults, claiming territory, improv, improvisation, student reluctant to improv

I have a student who is coming to a shared lesson with two parent coaches (mom and step-dad). With three students and four parents, my space is quite crowded. How would you suggest I respond? Ask just one to attend, ask one to sit farther…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• claiming territory, parent correcting in lesson, small studio space